When a young woman leading an ice-climbing trip with a new boyfriend and three strangers receives a futuristic Super-Smartphone from her older self, she’s compelled to solve three robberies, lead a daring escape, and stop a raging killer.

SYNOPSIS:

AUDREY CHRISTIE (21) is a charismatic and confident mountaineer but may be too stubborn to take advice from her future self. Leading an ice-climbing adventure with her new boyfriend, PAUL (23), and three strangers, she’s “visited” by a hologram of an ELDERLY WOMAN (70s) while alone on the trail. The hologram warns her about a diamond THEIF (23) who CHIEF PARK RANGER STEVENS (40s) is searching for. The Elderly Woman vanishes but leaves behind her “Super-Smartphone.” Audrey reluctantly turns it on with facial recognition, and two mysteries ensue: Who is the Elderly Woman and where is the Thief?

Paul gives nature hikes in the National Park in the summer but is a clumsy winter hiker and climber. The three strangers and cabin mates include two novice ice climbers, GUNTHER (24), a smartphone designer from Germany, and CHANG (24), a competing phone designer from China. SHARI (30s), in textbook sales, volunteered to be a “spotter” (for safety) for Gunther and Chang. An afternoon of ice climbing exposes everyone’s weaknesses and secrets. Gunther and Chang are cutthroat competitors, and Gunther may have sabotaged Chang’s climb. Shari sprains her ankle and is exposed as a journalist tracking technology espionage. Returning to the cabin, they find they were robbed, but everyone has their passports and phones safely with them.

However, the Thief returns to the cabin and robs them again at gunpoint with Shari’s pistol. Shari’s true identity as a CIA Agent is exposed. Before the Thief escapes, she warns the climbers that they’ll be shot if they follow her down to the trailhead. Shari goes after the female Thief. Gunther and Chang are driven to retrieve their prototype smartphones and soon everyone is scattered in the dark woods. They hear a gunshot and find Shari dead. Everyone’s only escape route requires a dangerous nighttime ice climb and treacherous hike over a mountain pass to the road east of the park. Audrey saves all their lives on the trek. Gunther and Chang become friends, and Audrey and Chang develop “a thing.” Audrey’s new phone comes in handy several times, especially when the Thief and Paul reunite on the east side.

Audrey records Paul’s robbery and assault on the Thief. Audrey confronts Paul and lays out his entire evil plot. Paul had used Audrey and the tech geeks to aid in his escape after missing his rendezvous with the Thief and rented snowmobile. Paul tries to kill Audrey, but she is prepared for him and has taped his full confession. Chief Park Ranger Stevens arrives to arrest Paul and the Thief. Chang and Gunther, indebted to Audrey for saving their lives, create the world’s first Super-Smartphone decades later. The Elderly Woman’s hologram returns to give her super-smartphone to Audrey to protect her on future adventures.

THE SUPER-SMARTPHONE MYSTERY